Covered container



Jan. 10, 1933. J HlRSHMAN 1,893,743

COVERED CONTAINER Filed Jan. 22. 1931 INVENTOR.

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Patented Jan. 10, 1933 PATENT @FFHQE JOSEPH HIRSHMAN, OF BROOKLYN, NEWYORK COVERED CON TAINEB Application filed January 22, 1931.

The invention relates to containers or cans and more particularly to ashor garbage cans. It has for its main object to provide a container witha cover which can not be misplaced or accidentally dislodged and whichwill not interfere with the filling and emptying of the container, butrather aid in these operations. A further object is to construct a partof the container of a shape most suitable for such cover and to stillretain the advantages of the shape most commonly used in the rest of thecontainer. A still further object is to provide a container of simple,strong and comparatively inexpensive construction.

These and various other objects and advantages will be readilyunderstood from the following description and from the accompanyingdrawing of a preferred embodiment of the invention in which, however,modifications may be made without departing from the scope of theappended claims. In the drawing Fig. 1 is a side elevation of thepreferred embodiment of my invention,

Fig. 2 is a top view, and

Figs. 3 and 4 fragmental side views showing covers of different designs.

Referring first to Figs. 1 and 2, the container consists of a lowercylindrical part 10 and an upper square or rectangular part 11. I preferto make the container of corrugated metal and to form the upper partwithout corrugations. This may either be accomplished 5 by using acorrugated sheet and flattening the corrugations at the upper edge ofthe sheet, or by using a flat sheet and forming corrugations of therequired length. In either case the excess metal obtained on the flatpart of the sheet is sufficient to form the square top. In either ofthese methods a single, straight-edged sheet may be employed; any otherconstruction would require a formed blank or several, separate pieces.

The square part of the container is preferably reenforced bothhorizontally and vertically, as shown at 12 and 13, and I preferably usetwo half-covers 14 and 15 which are hinged at 16 and 17. These coversmay be swung clear back as indicated in dottedlines Serial at 510,444.

at 18. In Fig. 2 cover 14 is shown closed and cover 15 partly open. Asingle cover 19 may be employed, as shown in Fig. 3, in which case it ishinged at 21. As shown in Fig. t, two half-covers 22 and 23, hinged at24-, might also be employed. I

From the foregoing it will be seen that T have succeeded in providing asanitary and eiiicient container inwhich the covers not only can not bedisplaced or lost, but in which they aid in filling and emptying thecontainer. When the container is tilted, as for ex ample when itscontents are being emptiedinto an ash cart, the cover adjacent to theedge of the car forms a chute while the other cover forms a shield whichto a great extent prevents the dust from escaping. When ashes areshovelled into the container only one of the half-covers need be opened;in which case the other cover will prevent an 7 excessive raising ofdust.

lVhile half-cover, such as shown in Fig. 1, may be applied to acontainer of cylindrical shape, there would alway be the disadvantagethat in emptying the container there would be no way of making sure thatthe axis of the hinge would be parallel with the edge of the cart andthe contents might therefore not be guided as in the present case. Whilethe whole body of the container might be made 130 square, this wouldrequire a much heavier container or a great deal of reenforcement;furthermore, the convenience found in the ease with which a cylindricalcontainer may be rolled on its bottom edge would be lost. .85

In describing and illustrating a container particularly suited for ashesor garbage, I do not wish to limit the invention to any particular uses.In like manner, while I prefer to employ corrugated metal in theconstruction of the container, 1 do not wish to limit the constructionto that particular material. Moreover, the lower part of the containerneed not necessarily be cylindrical, but might be made in the shape of amany-sided polygon.

Having described my invention and its advantages, what I claim as newand wish to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. In a container; the body consisting of a corrugated, cylindrical partterminating in an upper, square and non-corrugated part, and formed froma rectangular sheet; covers secured on the upper part; and a bottomsecured in the cylindrical part.

2. In a container; the body consisting of a corrugated, cylindricalpartterminating in an upper, square and non-corrugated part, and formedfrom a rectangular sheet; covers hinged on opposite edges of said upperpart, and a bottom secured in the cylindrical part.

3. A container consisting of; a body part formed of a rectangular sheetof corrugated metal, said sheet formed into a cylinder, the corrugationsadjacent to the upper end of the sheet straightened out, and said upperend formed into rectangular shape; a bottom secured in the cylindricalpart; and means secured to the upper part for covering the container.

4. A container consisting of a body part formed from a rectangular sheetcorrugated on approximately half its Width and uncorrugated on its otherhalf, said sheet bent to form a body part cylindrical at its lowerportion and rectangular at its upper portion, a bottom secured in thelower part, and means secured to the upper part for covering thecontainer.

JOSEPH HIRSHMAN.

